SERMON/HOMILY FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 25TH FEBRUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 25TH FEBRUARY 2024 Gen.22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps.116; Rom.8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-34 “ _If God be for us, who can be against us?”_ (Rom.8:31b) Repentance to the fullest! In our reflection last Sunday, we realized that the devil is our enemy of spiritual progress, working hard to ensure that we do not embrace repentance in this season of lent. There are two ways the devil can go about this: by either discouraging us from repenting at all or preventing us from repenting to the full. The former happens to be the focus of the readings of today. The devil can watch us embark on the project of reconciling with God but still ensure that the reconciliation is never optimal. Repentance has a target, which is to love God with our whole minds, hearts, strength and everything we have. The goal of repentance is that God becomes the first in our lives for whom we are ready to let go of every other person or thing. The devil can allow you to repent but...